Description
Norton-sub-Hamdon, a parish, with a village, in Somerset, near the river Parrot, 3 miles from Montacute station on the G.W.R., and 5 1/2 W of Yeovil. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Stoke-sub-Hambdon. Acreage, 632; population, 515. There is a parish council consisting of five members and a chairman. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells; value, £160 with residence. The church is Late Perpendicular, has been restored, consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with porch and tower, and has a fine memorial W four-light window. The church tower was struck by lightning in July, 1894, and was completely gutted by fire. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
